Anh and Belane Chapter 3 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. A request to the processor so that a currently operating process, such as a read from a disk drive, can be interrupted by another process, such as a write into memory
  2. 9. The processing logic of a CPU that is manufactured on a silicon wafer containing millions or billions of transistors
  3. 10. Cache memory that is part of the CPU hardware
  4. 11. A computer that uses more than one CPU
  5. 12. Cache memory that is slower than L1 or L2 cache but is much larger
  6. 13. The numeric code read by the CPU that represents a particular machine instruction
  7. 15. An internal communications pathway inside a computer that specifies the source and target address for memory reads and writes
  8. 17. A CPU design that permits the processor to operate on one instruction at the same time it is fetching one or more subsequent instructions from the operating system or application
  9. 19. A memory address that a CPU begins reading from whenever the CPU receives a reset signal, such as when power is first applied or someone presses the reset button on a computer
  10. 20. An internal communications pathway that carries data between the CPU and memory locations
Down
  1. 1. A feature of some Intel CPUs that allows two threads to run on each CPU core simultaneously
  2. 2. A computer program that takes a high-level language like C++ or Java and turns it into assembly code that is executed by the CPU
  3. 4. A computer program that translates assembly code into numeric values called opcodes that the CPU can understand
  4. 5. A RISC processor that is commonly used in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet
  5. 6. The smallest piece of computer code that can be independently scheduled for execution
  6. 7. A small program inside a CISC CPU that must interpret and execute each instruction
  7. 8. Special computer memory that temporarily stores data used by the CPU.
  8. 10. Cache memory that is somewhat slower than L1 cache but is much larger.
  9. 14. The part of a processor used to read and execute instructions
  10. 16. A small program inside a CISC CPU that must interpret and execute each instruction
  11. 18. Cache memory that is found on some advanced modern CPUs